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DATE <br />PROJECT. TITLE <br />ESCROW # <br />DEPARTMENT: <br />CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION <br />TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE <br />8.1.14 <br />PROJECT ADDRESS <br />PINE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT PRELIMINARY PLAT AND VARIANCES <br />114066 <br />Planning <br />Name: Tina Goodroad <br />TECHNICAL REVIEWER: Phone: 763-496-6751 <br />Email: tgoodroad@loucksassociates.com <br />We offer the following comments regarding your request for a Preliminary Plat and Variance <br />requests for Pine Ridge Addition located at 18045 Nowthen Blvd. NW. <br />General: The proposed Preliminary Plat, to be called Pine Ridge Addition, results in six (6) <br />single family residential lots located at the northern boundary of city limits on the east side of <br />Nowthen Blvd, on the property generally known as 18045 Nowthen Blvd NW. The proposal <br />also includes requests for variances to cul-de-sac length and lot width, both of which are <br />discussed below in more detail. <br />Land Use and Zoning: The site is guided Rural Developing on the Comprehensive Plan and <br />is located in the R-1 Residential (Rural Developing) District (City Code Section 117-1111 on <br />the Official Zoninm Map. The proposed use (single family homes) complies with both the <br />Future Land Use map and the current zoning designation. <br />Bulk Standard Requirements (City Code Section 117-111) <br />Setbacks: <br />Required <br />Front yard: 40 feet <br />Side yard -Habitable: 10 feet <br />Side yard -Uninhabitable: 10 feet <br />Rear yard: 40 feet <br />Major/Minor Arterial Road (Nowthen Blvd): 60 <br />feet from right of way centerline phis 40 feet <br />Minimum Lot Size: 2.5 acres <br />Minimum Lot Width: 200 feet <br />Proposed: <br />40 feet <br />10 feet <br />10 feet <br />40 feet <br />60 feet from right of way centerline plus 40 feet 1 <br />Range: 2.5 acres to 6.68 acres <br />Varies — but Lots 3 & 4 are deficient (190 & 144 ft) <br />Note: Two (2) proposed lots, as shown, are deficient in minimum lot width requirement, necessitating the need for a Variance <br />Preliminary Plat: The proposed Preliminary Plat creates six (6) single family residential lots that <br />would be located immediately east of Nowthen Blvd. NW just south of County Road 64. The <br />proposed lots range in size from 2.5 acres to 6.68 acres and would be accessed by the construction <br />of 180th Avenue from Nowthen Blvd. NW and terminating in a cul-de-sac. The proposed plat <br />would exempt the northerly 25.17 acres, which included an old farm house that is presently being <br />removed. <br />